Targetting cancer
Acute trusts are successfully developing their own software and work practices to deal with the 62-day cancer waiting times target. Daloni Carlisle looks at a few examples.
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Digital hospital
EHI looks at how a futuristic hospital in Norway can show what benefits an integrated approach to communications can bring to patient care.
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OmegaIP releases lone worker system
OmegaIP has released a phone-based lone worker protection system aimed at health and social care staff that allows users to discreetly alert others if they are in danger as well as synchronise with their appointments calender. The Lone Worker system (seen right on a PDA emulation) can be set to call the user’s mobile every […]
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Implementation schedule slips in South
The introduction of the NHS Care Records Service in the South of England is set to be delayed following a revamp of the software to introduce new functionality and to address issues identified in the "white knuckle" initial implementation at Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford. E-Health insider has learned from well placed sources that the next […]
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Not so secure
Fiona Barr explains the background to the recent controversy over confidentiality in the personal demographics service.
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Robot revolution
Colin Jervis, director of Kinetic Consulting, looks at how robots are being used on wards and in operating theatres in both the UK and Japan.
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Training on the go
Dr Neil Bacon, founder of Doctors.net.uk, on the benefits of online training and how a programme funded by the HPA helped GPs on his site prepare for major incidents.
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No sealed envelopes for first summary records
No ‘sealed envelope’ technology will be available for the very first release of the NHS Care Record Service next year, it has emerged. Interim arrangements are planned, however, to safeguard the patient’s right to stop information being shared against their wishes. The ‘sealed envelope’ is a concept developed during public consultation to represent the security […]
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Hospital reports over 2,600 e-referrals per month
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is receiving over 2,600 electronic referrals a month using software that slots into Microsoft Word and replaces the print button, according to manufacturers Medisec. The e-referral system links 33 surgeries in northwest England and Wales to the hospital. GPs send the referrals to the hospital using a ‘Send […]
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SMS event alert system planned for care workers
iSentry have announced the release of their Digital Witness service, a web-based compliance monitoring and alert system aimed at health and social care workers. The system has been tested by the Devon and Cornwall Autistic Community Trust (Spectrum) and is already in use there. The Digital Witness system allows workers to enter event records they […]
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